title: [Resistant hypertension in the elderly].
abstract: The issue of resistant hypertension is complex and from the clinical aspect very current, especially in the elderly. For the diagnosis of resistant hypertension in routine practice, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a proven method to distinguish it from the white coat hypertension. Fixed combinations of antihypertensive drugs helps to improve compliance not only in geriatric patients, but are also indicated in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, in patients with target organ damage, renal disease, coronary heart disease and post stroke conditions. Especially in the population of older hypertensive patients, listed diseases with polymorbidity are frequently present.
authors.affiliation: Interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK a UN Bratislava, Slovenská Republika. ludovitgaspar@gmail.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gašpar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balažovjech
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents